Aunt Dahlia is the main antagonist of the short story An Old Story from Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps and it's television adaption of the same name. She is a witch that pretends to be related to children so she can turn them elderly with enchanted prunes so she could sell them as spouses to her elderly friends. In the television adaption, she is the blood-related aunt of the two main protagonists.
In the television episode, she is portrayed by the late Patricia Gage.
Biography[]
Book[]
In the short story, Aunt Dahlia is a witch who goes around pretending to be related to various families as a "aunt," and then uses prunes to age their children into senior citizens to marry them off to her elderly friends. Only wrinkle cream could break her spell. She dies when Tom throws a pitcher of prune juice on her which ages her until her body turns to dust.
Television Episode[]
In the television episode, she is the actual aunt of Tom and Jon the two main protagonists they have both met before. She gives both of them prune cookies to turn them into elderly men but is foiled when Tom throws prune juice on her which ages her rapidly until she turns to dust.
Goosebumps: The Game[]
Aunt Dahlia appears in the game Goosebumps: The Game as an antagonist. She is defeated the same way as in the book and television episode.
Horrors of the Witch House[]
Aunt Dahlia is referenced in the Goosebumps comic book Horrors of the Witch House when Clarissa tags her on a social media platform for witches.
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External Links[]
- Aunt Dahlia on the Goosebumps Wiki
